Don't Wait for Magneto

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Producer says X-Men villain prequel on the back burner.

By Jim Vejvoda

If you're holding your breath for that much talked about Magneto prequel ... well, don't.

In an interview with Empire Online, X-Men series producer Lauren Shuler Donner said, after praising David Goyer's screenplay for Magneto, "I'm not sure that film is going to be made. The studio has a wealth of potential stories, and they have to stand back and decide which ones to make. And Magneto, I think, is at the back of the queue. Maybe it'll get made in five years - who knows?"

The producer did confirm that if and when Magneto does before cameras it will star someone other than Ian McKellen in the title role. Shuler Donner said the de-aging visual effects used on McKellen for X-Men: The Last Stand are too cost prohibitive to be done for an entire film. McKellen may appear as the elder Magneto in a few scenes, but she said another actor will be cast to play his younger incarnation.